I decided to put my book "Missions in Samaria" for free on the Web. Previously, I had put an old version of the book. However, I then decided to put the newest version on Academia.edu and Slideshare.net. I am doing this much like I did for my book on Missions Theology (CLICK HERE FOR THIS) …
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Internationalization and Localization of Theology. Part 3
Localization is the process of taking a video game whose file structure and user interface has already been "internationalized" (as mentioned in the previous post) and adapting it to be understandable, immersive, and entertaining in a new cultural setting (market). Doing so should not make it feel like two players in two different markets are …
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IRD, Culture, and “Just Making Sense”
I am teaching a class on Asian Faiths with focus on Interreligious Dialogue (IRD). I gave this scenario. The story is real, with only trivial changes. Baha'i is a rather uniquely challenging religion in a number of ways. Years ago I had an acquaintance who was Baha'i. I found one challenge was its pluralism. Brian …
Choosing Between the Sinner’s Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer
I was listening to a podcast of N.T. Wright. He was talking about Evangelism. In it he spoke somewhat negatively about "The Sinner's Prayer." He suggested that when a person decides to follow Christ, that saying the Lord's Prayer may be a better choice than the Sinner's Prayer. We probably need to step backwards and …
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The Good Follower
Who can lay a hand on the LORD's anointed and be guiltless? As surely as the LORD lives," he said, "the LORD himself will strike him; either his time will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish. But the LORD forbid that I should lay a hand on the …
Top Five Posts for 2020
Today is December 2, 2020. Today my dad would have turned 96. It has been a challenging year. But days roll by, the earth keeps spinning regardless. I thought I would share the top posts this year. Reflection, Restoration, and Redemption, and the Three Little Pigs. 2015. This was a story I wrote that utilized …
Should a Missionary be a Theologian or a Dogmatist… or Neither?
A missionary serves in a place where he or she must teach new believers. But should this role be handled as a Theologian or a Dogmatist? The term "dogmatist" is commonly used in a negative sense. This alone may indicate that I think it is the wrong answer to the question I pose. Let's however, …
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TEN YEARS OLD!!
On October 25 is the 10th anniversary of this website. Kind of exciting. Ten years ago was also when my wife and I formally launched our ministry along with our partners--- Bukal Life Care & Counseling Center. It is now are major ministry. I guess October 2010 was a big year for us. I will …
College-Age Missions Questions
I was never a part of one of those groups--- mission organizations that focus on college-age students both as active ministers and recipients of ministry. I won't name groups because there are so many of them (both big and little) and they vary so much. I have often wondered about them. As I said I …
10 Years
Today is the 10 year anniversary of the formal launching of our organization, Bukal Life Care. But then I realized that we are approaching the 10 year anniversary of this website. My first post was on October 30, 2010. Now we are approaching 1200 posts. I have not been posting much in the last few …